Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy. (Ephesians 5:25-26)

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. (Ephesians 5:23)

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. (1 Peter 3:7)

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. (Colossians 3:19)

Each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (Ephesians 5:33)

Husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Ephesians 5:28)

After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church. (Ephesians 5:29)

Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food, an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress. (Proverbs 30:21-23)

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. (Psalm 128:3-4)

**Copyright, 2002, Brian Campbell (Permission is granted to copy for personal use only.)